Comments on: #366 – Review: Prometheus

By: scotthiga

scotthiga — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 07:29:14 +0000

Wanting to be like God is the original sin, one which humanity may share with the engineers. I agree with you, Daniel, Prometheus is definitely worth watching again and I certainly hope Ridley Scott gets to fulfill his vision with a sequel.

By: scotthiga

scotthiga — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 07:26:55 +0000

I definitely don’t think Ridley Scott began with an evangelical Christian worldview; had he, Prometheus would have been a much different movie. I think it’s interesting that, even without a Christian worldview, the big questions always come back to God and Jesus at some point. God’s narrative is the narrative and it cannot be escaped. Thanks so much for your thoughts!

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 04:34:37 +0000

I agree with John.

I also see parallels with the quest for constructing a super race, i.e. the Nazis. That may be the “Engineers’” intent with the DNA cocktail. they may have felt they’d failed and thus to wipe out us “inferior” humans. Again the Nazi parallel.

Note, too that they seemed to worship a big humanoid head of stone. This supports John’s thesis of the Engineers being fallen; they certainly weren’t godly, though they seem to want to be God-like.

I will watch the movie again, and can’t wait for a sequel!

By: John McWilliams

John McWilliams — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 03:29:53 +0000

The movie claims that our DNA is of their DNA…But who created that DNA…Hmmmm. I believe that Elizabeth’s faith is shaken until she realizes that these “Engineers” may not have been our creators. Admittedly a projection from my desire to see this series tell a truly awesome Biblical story; the Genesis account of the sons of God, taking the daughters of men. This is a story where the enemies of God and man, the fallen angels, try to disrupt the bloodline of Eve in order to prevent the birth of the Messiah. It didn’t work…Noah remained “perfect in his generations”. In other words, his DNA was not corrupted.

Today, there is a renewed effort to corrupt our DNA…In the name of “evolution” we now await the “Singularity”. An event where man is no longer man, rather a new “Super” human that has merged with machines. (Read about Ray Kurzweil). The next logical step would be to mix nonhuman with human DNA in order to create a chimeric new form of…of…what? As a Christian, all I have to do is wait for Lord to fix my broken DNA. It’s His promise.

In reality, Mr. Scott probably will not allow his protagonist to find a Christian God…I think he believes all religions to be worshiping the same god. YHWY is Allah is Buddah is anyones “higher power”. But I perhaps I can still hope that Elizabeth does find the Engineers to be whom I suspect them to be…Fallen.

By: scotthiga

scotthiga — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 07:05:42 +0000

I totally forgot about the Christmas tree! That would give credence to the theory that the Engineers were upset that humanity had killed Christ.

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 23:32:33 +0000

There seems to be a lot of deliberate and subtle parallels with Christianity. Take the Christmas tree, the mention of Christmas, all the close up shots and focus on Shaw’s cross. Then you have Elizabeth, who is infertile, becoming pregnant, and the android announcing it to her with a calmness almost as she’s reluctant to the news. Mary/Elizabeth/birth parallels. Then there’s the life giving, self sacrificing elements. Also the humanoid drinking the cup at the beginning of the film. Then the giant “Space jockey” ripping the head off of david. David beheaded Goliath “the giant” in the Bible. Reversal in the movie…